~Thursday~ We were up early, took our time packing, and eventually headed out to start today’s drive toward Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We’d planned to stop for breakfast shortly after getting out of Battle Creek, but we ended up not stopping until close to noon for a combination bathroom break, gas fill-up, and lunch. We both … Read more
~Wednesday~ We were up at about 7:00, and Bob made coffee for us. We made our beds and straightened out our room, before leaving at a little before 10:00 for another house showing. Since there was no outdoor seating at the McDonald’s we stopped at, we sat in the car with Frances and Vincent and … Read more
~Tuesday~ We had breakfast at Barbara and Charley’s house, where Bob scrambled us some eggs, which we had with toast we made from the remainder of the loaf of bread we’d taken with us in the car, and which had served us so well for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on our trip up. … Read more
~Monday~ We were up fairly early this morning, and we hung out on the screened-in porch until it was time to leave the house for another showing. Barbara is considering us their good luck charm, as they’d had a little dry spell of showings until we came into town. Frances, Vincent, and Chucky hung out … Read more
~Sunday~ We got up at around 7:30. Bob took Frances and Vincent for a walk, and then he got some (lukewarm) free coffee for us from the lobby. After a while, he walked over to Bob Evans and got us sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits, some apple juice, and a cup of coffee, which he … Read more
~Saturday~ We were up at a decent hour, and Michael Casterline made us fried egg sandwiches that were out of this world! Then, Frances and Vincent worshiped the door that Bob walked through to take a shower at the Casterline’s house. And then the front door later when he stepped outside to pack the car. … Read more
~Friday~ Bob, me, Frances, and Vincent began our 11-day vacation today, departing Raleigh at around noon. The main purpose of this trip is to meet as many of Bob’s Michigan relatives as possible and to see as many sights as possible—some of which are still standing, many of which are not—of Bob’s childhood in Battle … Read more
~Wednesday~ Inspired by a similar exercise, Bob recently took 13 pictures during one of his daily walks. He then asked me to co-author this blog entry by devising a haiku for each one of them. My haiku are “out of context,” since I wasn’t on the walk with him. He had the advantage (or … Read more
~Monday~ Today is six months to the day of my retirement on October 13, 2014, and I've taken this opportunity to assess myself on how I'm adjusting to it. Overall, I must say that 9 out of 10 voices in my head agreed that I am "consistently exceeding requirements," to put it in corporate … Read more
Salon LI Agenda & Responses Sunday, April 12, 2015, 7:00 PM Hibernian Restaurant Identity show-and-tell. Bring your current (and any old, why not?) passports, employee IDs, driver licenses, and conference badges to share with all. (John) We had a fantastic display of all of these things! We did take a photo of all of it, … Read more